"Candle in the Wind ""Candle in the Wind"" is a threnody with music and lyrics by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. It was originally written in 1973, in honour of Marilyn Monroe, who had died 11 years earlier. In 1997, John performed a rewritten version of the song as a tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales. Candle in the Wind 1997 was released as a single and reached No. 1 in many countries, proving a much greater success than the original, officially being listed as the second best-selling single of all time, behind Bing Crosby's ""White Christmas (song)"". The original"
"Candle in the Wind 1997 ""Candle in the Wind 1997"" is a song by Bernie Taupin and Elton John, a re-written and re-recorded version of their 1974 song ""Candle in the Wind"". It was released on 13 September 1997 as a tribute single to Diana, Princess of Wales, with the global proceeds from the song going towards Diana's charities. In many countries, it was pressed as a double A-side with ""Something About the Way You Look Tonight"". The lyrics were written by Bernie Taupin, and the song produced by Sir George Martin. According to the ""Guinness Book of Records"", ""Candle"
"version of the song with its characteristic sitar (which can be heard at the beginning and end of the song), and one without (effectively an acoustic mix). Approximately a year after its release, the song was first released internationally when it was included as the B-side of the worldwide number-one ""Something About the Way You Look Tonight""/""Candle in the Wind 1997"" single, both of which were dedicated to celebrities which had died that year: Gianni Versace and Diana, Princess of Wales respectively. Lyrically, the song talks of a lover who makes one feel young again, and is said to have"
"of some of her charities. Lord Spencer said of his sister, ""She proved in the last year that she needed no royal title to continue to generate her particular brand of magic."" Re-written in tribute to Diana, ""Candle in the Wind"" was performed by Elton John at the funeral service (the only occasion the song has been performed live). Released as a single in 1997, the global proceeds from the song have gone to Diana's charities. The burial took place privately later the same day. Diana's former husband, sons, mother, siblings, a close friend, and a clergyman were present. Diana's"
"in 1955) and – remarkably – still retains the title more than 50 years later."" In 1997 La Bouche covered ""Candle in the Wind 1997"" as a bonus track on their album ""A Moment of Love"". Candle in the Wind 1997 ""Candle in the Wind 1997"" is a song by Bernie Taupin and Elton John, a re-written and re-recorded version of their 1974 song ""Candle in the Wind"". It was released on 13 September 1997 as a tribute single to Diana, Princess of Wales, with the global proceeds from the song going towards Diana's charities. In many countries, it was"
"Ona Munson Ona Munson (born Owena Wolcott; June 16, 1903 – February 11, 1955) was an American actress perhaps best known for her portrayal of madam Belle Watling in ""Gone with the Wind"" (1939). Munson was born Owena Wolcott in Portland, Oregon. She first came to fame on Broadway as the singing and dancing ingenue in the original production of ""No, No, Nanette"". From this, Munson had a very successful stage and radio career in the 1930s in New York. She introduced the song ""You're the Cream in My Coffee"" in the 1927 Broadway musical ""Hold Everything"". Her first starring"
"song ""Candle in the Wind"" that was dedicated to her. Protocol was disregarded when the guests applauded the speech by Diana's younger brother Earl Spencer, who strongly criticised the press and indirectly criticised the Royal Family for their treatment of her. The funeral is estimated to have been watched by 31.5 million viewers in Britain. Precise calculation of the worldwide audience is not possible, but estimated at around 2.5 billion. After the end of the ceremony, the coffin was driven to Althorp in a Daimler hearse. Mourners cast flowers at the funeral procession for almost the entire length of its"
"Ilene Woods Jacqueline Ruth ""Ilene"" Woods (May 5, 1929 – July 1, 2010) was an American actress and singer. Woods was the original voice of the title character of the Walt Disney animated feature ""Cinderella"", for which she was named a Disney Legend in 2003. Jacqueline Ruth Woods was born on May 5, 1929. Woods' mother worked behind the scenes of films, taking Woods with her. As a little girl, Woods dreamed about becoming a schoolteacher, but her mother planned to make her a star instead. Woods started acting at the age of two. At the age of 15, Woods"
"Irene Cara Irene Cara Escalera (born March 18, 1959), known professionally as Irene Cara, is an American singer, songwriter, dancer and actress. Cara sang and co-wrote the song 'Flashdance... What a Feeling' (from the movie ""Flashdance""), for which she won an Academy Award for Best Original Song and a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1984. Cara is also known for playing the role of Coco Hernandez in the 1980 film ""Fame"", and for recording the film's title song 'Fame'. Prior to her success with ""Fame"", Cara portrayed the title character Sparkle Williams in the original 1976"
"Candle on the Water ""Candle on the Water"" is a torch song written by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn for Walt Disney Pictures' 1977 live-action/animated film ""Pete's Dragon"". Originally recorded by Helen Reddy, who plays Nora in the film, the song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1977, though it lost to ""You Light Up My Life"". The setting for the song is entirely on the lantern-room balcony of the lighthouse in which Nora and her father, Lampey, live. Nora sings the song to her fiancé Paul, who has been lost at sea for over"
"that when singing songs from ""Phantom"", ""Crosby stole the show with 'Think of Me'"". Crosby and Robert Westenberg married on June 19, 1991. They live in Springfield, Missouri with their three children. Kim Crosby (singer) Kim Crosby (born July 11, 1960) is an American singer and musical theatre actress. She was the original Cinderella in the Sondheim-Lapine musical ""Into the Woods"". Crosby was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas and grew up in Springfield, Missouri. She attended Southern Methodist University and the Manhattan School of Music, and she is a former America's Junior Miss. Crosby appeared in the Broadway production of"
"in the Motion Pictures section. It was dedicated February 8, 1960. Dorothy Malone Mary Dorothy Maloney (January 29, 1924 – January 19, 2018) was an American actress. Her film career began in 1943, and in her early years she played small roles, mainly in B-movies. After a decade, she began to acquire a more glamorous image, particularly after her performance in ""Written on the Wind"" (1956), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her film career reached its peak by the beginning of the 1960s, and she achieved later success with her television role as Constance"
"Hattie McDaniel Hattie McDaniel (June 10, 1893October 26, 1952) was an American stage actress, professional singer-songwriter, and comedian. She is best known for her role as ""Mammy"" in ""Gone with the Wind"" (1939), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the first Academy Award won by an African American entertainer. In addition to acting in many films, McDaniel recorded 16 blues sides between 1926-1929 (10 were issued), was a radio performer and television star; she was the first black woman to sing on radio in the United States. She appeared in over 300 films, although she"
"""Candle in the Wind 1997"" in 1997. ""Born This Way"" went on to break the record for the fastest selling song in iTunes history, selling a million copies worldwide in five days. The song's CD single sold 24,000 copies in its first week of release and a total of 40,000 copies till March 2011. ""Born This Way"" sold 3.47 million digital copies in 2011 and became the tenth-best-selling song of the year in the United States. It is her eighth consecutive song to top the two million mark, and her sixth song to reach three million downloads. As of February"
"Dion, and Rod Stewart). The song was included on ""Diana, Princess of Wales: The BBC Recording of the Funeral Service"". The soundtrack was released on September 30, 1997. ""Candle in the Wind 1997"" was expected to debut high on the charts, due to its tribute to the death of Diana. It became the fastest-selling single in the UK, selling 658,000 copies on its first day of release, and over 1.5 million in its first week. The single remained at number one on the UK Singles Chart for five weeks, and it became the best-selling song in the UK, overtaking the"
"Award for ""Precious"". Hattie McDaniel recorded infrequently as a singer. In addition to the musical numbers over her long career in films, she recorded for Okeh Records, Paramount, and the small Kansas City, Missouri label Merrit. All of her known recordings (some of which were never issued) were recorded in the 1920s. Notes Bibliography Hattie McDaniel Hattie McDaniel (June 10, 1893October 26, 1952) was an American stage actress, professional singer-songwriter, and comedian. She is best known for her role as ""Mammy"" in ""Gone with the Wind"" (1939), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the first"
"Gogi Grant Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg (September 20, 1924 – March 10, 2016), known professionally as Gogi Grant, was an American pop singer. She is best known for her No. 1 hit in 1956, ""The Wayward Wind"". Grant was born as Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the eldest of six children of Russian Jewish parents, Rose (née Jacobson) and Alexander Arinsberg. At the age of 12, she moved to Los Angeles, where she attended Venice High School. In California, she won a teenage singing contest and appeared on television talent shows. She worked as a car saleswoman in the early"
"Crystal Bernard Crystal Lynn Bernard (born September 30, 1961) is an American singer-songwriter and actress, best known for her role on the sitcom ""Wings"". She has appeared in film and has pursued a music career. Bernard was born in Garland, Texas. She was raised in a Southern Baptist home. Her father, Dr. Jerry Wayne Bernard, was a televangelist who traveled across the United States preaching and singing. She became an entertainer at a young age, singing gospel songs with her elder sister, Robyn, also an actress. One recording of the two that has survived from those years is a song"
"flames. McQueen donated her body to medical science and remembered the Freedom From Religion Foundation in her will. Butterfly McQueen Remembered by Stephen Bourne 2008 Butterfly McQueen Thelma ""Butterfly"" McQueen (January 7, 1911December 22, 1995) was an American actress. Originally a dancer, McQueen first appeared in film in 1939 as Prissy, Scarlett O'Hara's maid, in the film ""Gone with the Wind"". She was unable to attend the movie's premiere because it was held at a whites-only theater. Often typecast as a maid, she said: ""I didn't mind playing a maid the first time, because I thought that was how you"
"by Jennifer Garner with Eddie Vedder performing a rendition of the Tom Petty's song ""Room at the Top"". The segment paid tribute to following forty-four artists in the montage: Despite having won an Oscar for ""Written on the Wind"", Dorothy Malone was left out of the segment. She is the only acting Oscar winner to date who was left out of the segment. Adam West, Bill Paxton, Glen Campbell, David Ogden Stiers, Robert Guillaume, Anne Wiazemsky, Della Reese, Radley Metzger, Tobe Hooper, Michael Parks, Reg E. Cathey and Frank Vincent were also left out of In Memoriam tribute. On the"
"Édith Piaf Édith Piaf (; born Édith Giovanna Gassion, 19 December 1915 – 10 October 1963) was a French vocalist, songwriter, cabaret performer and film actress noted as France's national chanteuse and one of the country's most widely known international stars. Piaf's music was often autobiographical and she specialized in chanson and torch ballads about love, loss and sorrow. Her most widely known songs include “La Vie en rose"" (1946), ""Non, je ne regrette rien"" (1960), ""Hymne à l'amour"" (1949), ""Milord"" (1959), ""La Foule"" (1957), ""L'Accordéoniste"" (1940), and ""Padam, padam..."" (1951). Since her death in 1963, several biographies and films"
"""Dancing in the Wind,"" and ""Save My Soul"". For this role, Gallant was nominated for a 2003 Jutra Award for Best Supporting Actress ""(Meilleure Actrice de Soutien)."" Patsy Gallant Patsy Gallant (born August 15, 1948 in Campbellton, New Brunswick) is a Canadian pop singer and musical theatre actress. Of Acadian ancestry, she has recorded and performed in both English and French. Born Adrienne Gallant, she was one of 10 children. At age five she was part of The Gallant Sisters with older siblings Angeline, Florine, and Ghislaine. At eight Gallant gained television exposure after her parents moved to Moncton; two"
"Kim Crosby (singer) Kim Crosby (born July 11, 1960) is an American singer and musical theatre actress. She was the original Cinderella in the Sondheim-Lapine musical ""Into the Woods"". Crosby was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas and grew up in Springfield, Missouri. She attended Southern Methodist University and the Manhattan School of Music, and she is a former America's Junior Miss. Crosby appeared in the Broadway production of ""Jerry's Girls"" in 1985-86. She then created the role of Cinderella in ""Into the Woods"" in 1987, playing the role in the tryout at The Old Globe Theatre in San Diego and"
"Shelby Flint Shelby Flint (born September 17, 1939 in North Hollywood, California) is a singer-songwriter who had two top-100 hits, ""Angel on My Shoulder"" in 1961 and ""Cast Your Fate to the Wind"" in 1966. Her single ""I Will Love You"" appeared in the Variety T.I.P.S. (Tune Index of Performance and Sales) Top 100 in 1961. She has been a singer in several movies including ""Breezy"", ""Snoopy, Come Home"" (""Do You Remember Me?"" (Lila's Theme)) and Disney's ""The Rescuers"". Among the songs she performed for ""The Rescuers"", ""Someone's Waiting for You"" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original"
"Kathleen Maguire Kathleen Maguire (September 27, 1925, New York City, New York – August 9, 1989, The Bronx, New York) was an American actress who won an Obie Award in 1958 for her performance in the stage play, ""The Time of the Cuckoo"". She was also known for two roles in two short lived soap operas on television, first as wealthy widow, Kate Austen on ""A Flame in the Wind""; and as extremely conservative doctor's wife, Adrian Sims on the series ""A World Apart"". She later replaced Doris Belack in the role of Anna Wolek Craig in the long-running serial"
"in the abbey. The Anglican service opened with the traditional singing of ""God Save the Queen"". Pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonín Dvořák, Camille Saint-Saëns, Gustav Holst, Giuseppe Verdi and other composers were played throughout the ceremony. During the service, Elton John sang ""Candle in the Wind"" which had been re-written in tribute to Diana. He had contacted his writing partner Bernie Taupin, asking him to revise the lyrics of his 1973 song ""Candle in the Wind"" to honour Diana, and Taupin rewrote the song accordingly. Only a month before Diana's death she had been photographed comforting John at the"
"""Candle in a Chatroom"" featuring the songs ""Candle in a Chatroom"", ""Black Socks in the Wash"" and ""Fast Train"". She released the second single (""Alibi"") at the beginning of April. Her debut album ""Rental Property"" released at end of May 2009 by Dramatico Entertainment Ltd. Andrea McEwan Andrea McEwan (born 9 October 1978) is an Australian actress, singer, musician and songwriter. After attending MacRobertson Girls' High School in Melbourne, McEwan started acting, appearing in several television series including ""Ocean Girl"" and ""Funky Squad"". In 1991 she was nominated for a Gladys Moncrieff Award for Outstanding New Talent by the Music"
"Sunshine"" and ""Gigi"". Wendel's daughter, J.C. Wendel, is also an actress. Elmarie Wendel's death was announced on her daughter J.C.'s instagram on July 21, 2018. No cause or place of death was given. Elmarie Wendel Elmarie Louise Wendel (November 23, 1928 – July 21, 2018) was an American actress and singer. Born on a farm in Howard County, Iowa, one of five siblings, Wendel spent her childhood traveling with her musical parents and dancing with her sisters in and around the Midwest in club and concert hall venues, including the Grand Ole Opry. She eventually made her way to New"
"Dorothy Malone Mary Dorothy Maloney (January 29, 1924 – January 19, 2018) was an American actress. Her film career began in 1943, and in her early years she played small roles, mainly in B-movies. After a decade, she began to acquire a more glamorous image, particularly after her performance in ""Written on the Wind"" (1956), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her film career reached its peak by the beginning of the 1960s, and she achieved later success with her television role as Constance MacKenzie on ""Peyton Place"" from (1964–68). Less active in her later"
"Elisabeth Welch Elisabeth Margaret Welch (February 27, 1904July 15, 2003) was an American singer, actress, and entertainer, whose career spanned seven decades. Her best-known songs were ""Stormy Weather"", ""Love for Sale"" and ""Far Away in Shanty Town"". She was American-born, but was based in Britain for most of her career. Welch was born in Englewood, New Jersey, where her father was chief gardener of an estate. Her father was of indigenous American and African American ancestry; her mother was of Scottish and Irish descent. Welch was brought up in a Baptist-Christian family, and began her singing in a church choir."
"Quentin Dean Quentin Dean (July 27, 1944 – May 8, 2003) was an American actress of the 1960s. Born Quintin Corinne Margolin (some sources cite Corinne Ida Margolin), she was introduced as the 16-year-old temptress Delores Purdy in Norman Jewison's 1967 hit film, ""In the Heat of the Night"", for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Her acting career ended in 1969. She died of cancer at age 58 in Los Angeles, California. Her remains were cremated and the ashes scattered at sea in the Pacific Ocean. ""The Ballad of Quentin Dean"" was recorded by"
"Jewel portrayed June Carter Cash in a Lifetime television movie called ""Ring of Fire"", which aired on May 27, 2013. The film is based on John Carter Cash's memoir ""Anchored in Love: An Intimate Portrait of June Carter Cash."" June Carter Cash June Carter Cash (born Valerie June Carter; June 23, 1929 – May 15, 2003) was a five time Grammy award winning American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, comedian, and author who was a member of the Carter Family and the second wife of singer Johnny Cash. Prior to her marriage to Cash, she was professionally known as June Carter"
"Butterfly McQueen Thelma ""Butterfly"" McQueen (January 7, 1911December 22, 1995) was an American actress. Originally a dancer, McQueen first appeared in film in 1939 as Prissy, Scarlett O'Hara's maid, in the film ""Gone with the Wind"". She was unable to attend the movie's premiere because it was held at a whites-only theater. Often typecast as a maid, she said: ""I didn't mind playing a maid the first time, because I thought that was how you got into the business. But after I did the same thing over and over, I resented it. I didn't mind being funny, but I didn't"